The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-10

the physical evidence attending and
the conflict, claiming |
that they Enthusiastically supported his
theory and ,ntrsdicted the witnesses
relied on by the State.
He reviewed the testimony in mas
terry manner, touching upon all that
Is material to tire issues involved,
msking Logical deductions in support
OF his theories and showing the inc IN
sistency OF the theories and Of the evil
derce adduced 10 opposition to his.
JOHN II. MARTIN
followed for the State:
Mr.. Martin first gave a brief history
Of the din u'y between the accused and |
Roderick GAmbreli, staff g that for six |
months he had been thorn in the flesh of |
Col Hamilton apd bis friends and had pur-
sued path which led through the paths OF
Roderick Gambrell finally publish the |
article that caused his death, he at first ex- |
pectes an attack, bat as time wore away and |
nothing was doLe, he thought the danger |
message Of peace from Col. Hamilton, he |
was thrown ENTIRELY of bis guard. And yet |
the accused were all the time wat hing him;
Why did Eubanks, when he saw Gambrell |
kOlnk 10 Inc OepOL III ~ lbltu uhFt ~ I'M 1
mediately and take Hamilton out Of Writ |
Adams's Office into the ball where DO one |
could hear them, and lhe'e tell him that |
Gambrell had gone west with bundle in
bis hand, and that he was al5neT why did
these men constantly shadow the move |
ments of Roderick Gamhrell and his pnents |
fro IN the time that article was written until |
ut last his foru lay CHASTITY and gory uton |
the bIidgeY Sonetimes there were ALBRIGHT
end Hamilton and Fisures, and Iometines |
there were Hamilton, Albrecht and Eubanks
and sometimes Eubanks and Ham lton
alone, but some of the crowd were always
up1n his trail like Wild beasts hot upon the
track of their huntcl prey. when q ,mbrell
was at Clinton that fatal day. he told
all his friends hat the danger was over, and
he bad received a message OF peace from his
dreaded foe. And while he wa happily
bidding his Clinton friends GOOD by, Whist
were bi. lemies.here doin. They were all
gathet0 at the Lawrence House bar, wait
ing for the train TO come, drinking, but less
thirsty for the drink they g Il there tn n for
Roderiek Gam brell's blood. They were alt
tlere. SOm@times ono and sometimes an
other had been upon duty. but III. prey had
been spotted; and they were II there, and
why2 Why was Eubanks there?. He says
HapiiteH hed sent for him to. come with
him to any use, except that last grim and
terrible u 0 upon the bridge. Why was Eu.
banks there? There is no answer except in
that Ut, shrill cry, the lsst that oderick
Gambtell over uttered upen Q ,rth-that last
piercing cry, -" Murderl' 70 Murderl" That
Is Why Eubanks was there to SEQ Dir. Craft
of Mt the wrong train. And If itwere neces-
sary for, him to take two OF his hench-
by, yet it was not necessary for him to take
these two terrible pistols. one OF which is
thirteen inches long. Why did he take
themf This peacable, quiet man this state
SGns wa t1 1s war; s tSs
murdc Gus things buckl ID around him? We
have a.ked him and his friends why he wore
the N, and they could not tell. But X der
lex Gambrell told in the last words he urter-
ca on earth. The only answer /. the last
shrek Of the slaughtered boy; Murder
MurderW when the Clinton train came in,
Roderick Gambrell stopped to talk with his
friends upon the ma form, and 1t is shown
another, came up near the train, and stand
Look Out upon them HS S botb jus. s''a before
the shooting. and say which one was
pleasantly taikins with lend, and with
boyish uride, showing him picture Of him
tcIf, taken in his red fan el shirt-or those
men sta ding out in TIE dark, spying in upon
their victIm1,l9ok upon this pictqr, and then
In hi. heart The peaker then told Of the
shooting, and how Gaubrell was found
killed, which killing hamilto adm tied to
have done, and said that unexplained, this
ment and said, that an essential part Of the
explanation which was TO take the darkness
and guilt out of the deed, was the carriage IN
which Hamilton claimed to have been att
on this point. claiming that it was
shown conclusively by the State, and
nose, for the defen,e. that there
that question is made forever clear by The
testimon ofNellie Dinkin', who saw the
NEE got out OF the c rriage upon the bridge.
and Will 10 tho carriage passed her on the
waited until Ro erick Gam hrell came up
and then slaughtered him. And the testi-
IN ny of Nellie Dinkins is utterly unques-
tiOuable IN the light of the fact that she i'm
medlately rushed hons, sadly frightened,
ploycr, Mrs. Campbell. J. he council tor the
defense may writhe and wri he, ana twist
aud twist tho testimony. but the Stubborn
| and solemn fact r. mains that the carriage
was gone, ute ly gone from the scene at the
first fire. and that without It the blood that
| bathed this weapon and gushed out upon the
| bridge was the blood oil sassination. let
us,I ow see what points sh Light upon tn 4. T
shot. After the Fl -st shot there was tho cry
of murder, loud and sh-itl, uttered by Gam /.
brell. col HamiltoH CLAIMS that Gamrrell
fred the first two thots, and If the cry of
murder, test ed to by over twenty witnesses
dill not occur betore the tn I'D shot, tNen the
cry was true, and Rode lex Gambrell in
death as in life, spoke the truth All lhese
witnesses could not have been
after the irst shot, and every
one Ii 'tened eagerly. f auk Emerson, sit
tiog at the window with his ok wife. grew
gu Ut while he Unxiously listened, and the
cry of murder" ia tone OF awful an
| gui h and distress, smOte upon hi, ears. Ii
was the cry Of o, sur o'Lded and strlck n
down to his death after the frs shot Mack
| Robinson hns he'd his conversation with Jane
| A. derson, and listened while Tho cry rang
in his eara, aud shv red In uis soul. An
sellm Jayne and the Asher girls; chatting in
front of the steps, listened, and hear that
cry flor the first sh that cry with lisa
puish and despair. Ed amt Charles. Fitz-
heard it and rushed out to see who it " s ia
agony. Sam Pun ser aud Walter Jrne heard
the first shot and then that cry Of pain, and
horror led THAR hearts. would auy man,
hims II charmed, and firing upon al other,
sry murder2 No, not the mtauest coward.
and still less would such a cry come from
the lips of Roderick Gam b. ell, unless eur
rounded snd stricken d wn Here the
| 81 eaker dwrlt upon the testimony Of those
who saw the flashes Of uumbors Of p stols:
and at the same moment, eonverging toward
one spot. And why was AIbTecht there2 aud
why did he run out in the un rejected street
to escape tie Blu letsI Mark the es'imonJ
That the man who fred the ,asi shot into
Gambrsll's body as he lay, with hi, bloody
face lutned up TO the sky, ca ne from the di
rec ion in which Albrecht ha1 60. Q. 1t il
not /, but Eliza Daw' on, their own witness
who pl aces her hand up m Bill Albrech', and
says, There is tho nurjerer who fred the
last sh It" The sreAker exhaustNeIy ex
amined tho statement of Hamilton, consid
ering it with My the facts admitted and the
ply al ,vdences, and decl,rsd that the
statement would not stand E1amine tn,
theory that tho carriage simply slowed up L
GROSS the bridge, aud Col. Ham lton made
some unconscious movement, and thpt Rou
erich IambIell, expecting an at ok, openeC
FIRE This theory is hollow to the core. IL
the first place he was not expecting an at
tack; he had reee vet message of peace
from his enemy, and God pity HIM, he pu
faith in Jones Ham lions word. But II h,
had expect, an alta K. the simple sloAi
up OF the carriage, and 1t was positively
shown that carr ages never slow upat tha
bridge, except when armed men steal out IL
the night to watch Ter victim there Blu
the simple 81 wi sup Of the Car age and I
81 Rht movement OF Hamilton . would uevel
have caused Gambrell to rashly and rsck
le,sIy opon q Q o. three men in the night
II the carriage had oven stopped arc